Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park — Zoo in North Devon District Council

Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park and its collection

Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, opened in 1986, is a zoo in Berrynarbor, United Kingdom.

Live animals, among them meerkats and lemurs, are kept alongside animatronic dinosaurs.

History

The park occupies the grounds of Higher Leigh, a house built on the Lee Barton estate in 1851 to designs by Henry Keene Bowden. One family held it for nearly a hundred years before it passed to four Sacred Heart nuns from Honor Oak. They ran it as a convent housing children evacuated in the Second World War, and some local children were taught there as well.

Exhibits

Its exhibits include Dinosaurus Playzone and Wild Play Area.

Things to do

Things to do include underwater walk-through tunnel, Dino Express Train Ride, animatronic dinosaurs and Animal Experiences.

What the venue says

• life-size animatronic dinosaurs
• theme park train ride
• fossil museum
• Timetabled sea lion presentations
• wolf and carnivore exhibits
• dinosaur trails
• Rexy’s Bites – fully loaded street food, with a large undercover seating area by the Wild Play Area for under 5s! Dinosaurus Playzone – now serving sandwiches, toasted paninis, filled baguettes and daily specials.
• At the end of your visit, the driver is welcome to collect the car and pick up the rest of the group from the pick up point in the accessible/disabled car park.
• Unfortunately, due to the park’s terrain wheelchair access is limited in some areas and therefore wheelchair/mobility scooter users receive free entry, and carers can purchase a concession entry ticket.
• Baby changing facilities are located in the toilets next to our Information Centre and also inside the Dinosaurus Playzone.